Corinth vs Rienzi

A side-by-side comparison of Corinth and Rienzi: population, income, housing, and more.

Corinth and Rienzi are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Corinth has the higher population (14,450 vs 312 in Rienzi). Rienzi has the higher median household income ($45,417 vs $41,243 in Corinth). Corinth has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $95,600 in Rienzi).

Population, income & housing

	Corinth	Rienzi
Population	14,450	312
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,243	$45,417
Median home value	$164,200	$95,600
Median gross rent	$638	$1,100
Housing units	7,575	134
Homeownership rate	50.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corinth	Rienzi
Population	14,562 → 14,450 (-0.8%)	276 → 312 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$38,460 → $41,243 (+7.2%)	$33,750 → $45,417 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $164,200 (+33.2%)	$85,800 → $95,600 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $638 (+7.2%)	$667 → $1,100 (+64.9%)

Corinth

Population

14,56214,450

Median household income

$38,460$41,243

Median home value

$123,300$164,200

Median gross rent

$595$638

Rienzi

Population

276312

Median household income

$33,750$45,417

Median home value

$85,800$95,600

Median gross rent

$667$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corinth	Rienzi
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	26.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	3.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.7%
75 and over	9.8%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corinth	Rienzi
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	67.0%
Black or African American	19.2%	28.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corinth	Rienzi
No high school diploma	17.6%	11.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corinth	Rienzi
Drove alone	82.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corinth	Rienzi
1-unit, detached	64.1%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Corinth	Rienzi
Poverty rate	21.4%	17.9%
Average household size	2.10	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1976	1974